This book identifies the key factors that explain differing degrees of coherence in EU crisis management, and offers a comparative analysis of its peace operations in Africa.

Nicole Koenig is a research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institut, Berlin, Germany, and has a PhD in Politics and International Relations from Edinburgh University and the University of Cologne.

1. Introduction 2. Managing crises - between calculation and socialisation 3. Libya: diverging responses, interests and norms 4. Somalia: coherent crisis management and collective interests 5. The Sahel: between collective strategy and individual action 6. Comparing crisis responses and explaining variation 7. Conclusion